Newbie Here With Questions

I'm new to Equiverse---but not a newbie to horse sims in general---and I was curious as to how the stats for conformation and stats are calculated. Like, is there a formula or something? I'd like to focus on breeding to build up conformation and then work on stats. Also, are a foal's stats calculated at the moment of breeding or before the foal is born? I've looked around and I can't seem to find answers to these questions.

P.S. I have a Deluxe account and would like to create shows but it says I'm unable to. Do I have to be a certain level or is this a bug?

Foal stats are calculated at time of breeding. There's no confirmed formula for conformation but it's generally either between the parents with the potential to be a little lower or a little higher.

You might have to be a higher level to create shows, not sure.

And just to note, the majority of people breed for stats and then conformation, obviously it has no effect on how you want to play the game for yourself unless you're planning on selling the foals. Foals bred for conformation won't tend to get high prices unless it's super 90+ conformation or something like that.

Ah, I see. That's what I figured because the numbers I was getting weren't adding up. Thanks for replying. :) You've been very helpful. Also, thanks for telling me about the stats before conformation thing. I may do that instead and focus on conformation as a secondary thing at a later date.

I focus on stats, then conformation, simply because stats sell. A good way to start is to buy your own foundation horses, in a number that will eventually break down to a single horse. So 8 horses (4 stallions / 4 mares), 16, 32, and so on. For my fun projects I like to do 16, because they're easy enough to take care of. I raise their stats by treating/training/and either showing or putting them into the riding school each day. Sometime before they hit 18 I try to pair them up by conformation - putting the low confos with the high confos of another - and breed them twice, once at 19 and once at 20. I don't have to worry too much about stats because if I take care of them each day with their treats/training/etc they'll all be within 100s of each other. The way the breeding is set up the next generation -should- have slightly higher conformations then the parents before them. c:

I try to aim the highest I can with stats, because you can get around 10k per 100 stats, depending on the breed and the buyers. So I sell my first set of foals and get all the money I spent on treats and training back from their sales, and keep the second set to build another generation to make even higher statted foals when they get to breeding time!

Of course, this isn't how you have to play, just a tip for getting the most out of bred foals that you can. I buy a lot of nice horses from other players too, and just keep them in a separate division to not interbreed with my little foundation projects. c:

Thanks for the advice, Nittrous. :) Getting a lot of good advice here. How do I get more divisions? I haven't figured that out yet and I'd like to separate my mares, stallions, and foals. I'd like to get more foundies, but under Member Information it says I have 5/5 so I'm assuming that means I can't buy anymore. How do I go about increasing that?

You need to have arenas to create shows. You can buy arenas from the Stable Expansion Store in Explore. Each Arena you own allows you to create 10 shows.

You must be level 4 in order tin increase your horse limit. Continue training, entering the Riding school or showing your horses until you get there. More info on Levels can be found in the FAQ topic stickied in the Game Discussion forum.

You can get more divisions at the bottom of your homepage. I am unsure whether ot not this is linked to horse expansions, if it is not visible you must also be level 4 to get more divisions.

Wow, I feel like an airhead. -smacks forehead- I don't have any arenas so that explains it. It's so obvious, too. Thanks, Sabriel. :) That's all the questions I have so far. Thanks for the advice everyone! Much appreciated.

You're welcome.
For the Arenas it doesn't say anywhere on the showing page so unless you were in stable expansions looking to buy them you might not know. Things are still always changing around here so feel free to ask anytime you have questions.

I've also tucked your topic away into the Help I'm Lost! forum as these are all questions on game mechanics, and not a discussion of the game or play styles. In the future questions about the game and it's mechanics should go there xD

Yeah, I apologize for that. I didn't see the Help section until some time after I had posted it. I should have asked to have it moved. :3